The Advocate, January 13, 2021

1. President’s Message
2. COVID-19 Vaccines for Educators
3. Bargaining for Racial Equity
4. What is Limited In-Person Instruction?
5. Getting Organized for Contract Negotiations
6. Gratitude and Congratulations for Cynthia Campos
7. Know Your Benefits: Family and Medical Leave
8. Study Leave and Unpaid Leave-- Deadlines to Apply
9. PAT Elections
10. Rally, March, & Caravan to Inaugurate Justice
11. Grants for Students in Need
12. Black Lives Matter in Schools: Curriculum Fair
13. OEA Winter Retreat for Early Career Educators--January 30th, 2021
14. Upcoming Events List

The Advocate, December 9, 2020

1. President’s Message
2. PAT Office and Advocacy Cadre Closed for the Holidays
3. ODE/OEA Forum: Oregon Ethnic Studies Standards
4. Reminder: Nominations for PAT and OEA Elections are Open
5. Overage Payments
6. Professional Learning Communities Under CDL
7. Solidarity with Oregon Nurses- Join ONA Nurses’ Info Picket at OHSU
8. Watch “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” A Broadcast Tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr., Monday, January 18, 2021
9. Instruction and Professional Development Committee: CDL Survey Update
10. Supporting Our English Language Learners
11. Oregon Waiver to State Testing During CDL
12. Grants for Students in Need
13. End of Year Charitable Contributions
14. Retirement Deadline is Approaching
15. Donate to The PAT Sick-Leave Bank
16. NEA Student Debt Virtual Clinic
17. California Casualty Quote Fest
18. Important Dates and Upcoming Events

The Advocate, November 18, 2020

1. President’s Message: Now We Start Building Back Better
2. November is Native American & Indigenous People's Heritage Month
3. Be a PAT Leader: Run for a Position on the Executive Board, and for the OEA and NEA Representative Assemblies
4. Know Your Contract: Tracking Overage Payments
5. Now There's an Easier Process for Working with Substitutes!
6. Educator Evaluations: Details on the Timeline and Process
7. Sick Leave Bank Donation Drive: Now Paperless!
8. Feeling Stressed? Anxious? Worried? Depressed? Resources for Maintaining Your Mental Health
9. Licensure Support from the Oregon Education Association
10. Instructional & Professional Development Committee Update: New K-5 Report Card and Distance Learning Survey
11. Slam Poetry Workshop for Educators and Students: November 20th
12. Upcoming Events

The Advocate, October 28, 2020

1. President’s Message: Vote Now
2. PAT PAC Ballot Measure and Candidate Endorsements
3. Use Substitutes: Take A Sick Day While Working From Home
4. Understanding the PLC Agreement
5. Understanding Evaluation in a Pandemic
6. Fall Parent-Teacher Conferences
7. Sick Leave Bank Donation Drive: Now Paperless!
8. Know Your Contract: Submit Transcripts by Oct 31st
9. Know Your Contract: Early Retirement: Benefits and Important Dates
10. November is Native American/ Indigenous Peoples’ Heritage Month
11. Upcoming Events

The Advocate, October 14, 2020

1. President’s Message: Building a More Just Future
2. PAT Ballot Measure Endorsements
3. PAT PAC Candidate Endorsements
4. Contribute to the PAT PAC: Make a Difference in Local Elections
5. Submit Your Transcripts to Advance on the Salary Schedule
6. Workload Overage for First Semester
7. Getting a Substitute During Distance Learning
8. Update on K-5 Report Cards
9. Northwest Teachers for Social Justice Conference: Saturday, October 17th
10. OEA Fall Seminar Series
11. Latinx/Hispanic Heritage Month: The Celebration Continues
12. Latinx Affinity Group for PAT Members
13. Anti-Racism Training for Union Reps Across the City
14. Teaching for Equity National Conference: October 17
15. OEA Promising Practices Grant

The Advocate, September 30, 2020

1. President’s Message: Use Your Voice, and Vote
2. Ballot Measure Endorsements
3. Candidate Endorsements
4. Promising Practices Grant
5. Know Your Contract
   • Early Retirement
   • Insurance: Part-time Educator, Part-time Sub
   • How to Use Your Professional Development Funds
   • Overages
6. Get Involved
   • NWTSJ Conference
   • Teaching with Purpose Conference
   • Retirement Planning Workshop
   • Latinx/Hispanic Heritage Month
   • How to Be an Anti-Racist Event
   • LERC Workshops
   • OEA Mediation Network
7. Advocacy Cadre

The Advocate, September 16, 2020

1. President’s Message: The Year Ahead
2. Progress on Bargaining MOU and Schedules
3. Advocacy Cadre
4. Upcoming Dates in our Contract
5. Work Share Update
6. Nominations & Elections: Run for Interim E-Board Seat
7. PAT Endorsed Ballot Measures
8. Register to Vote by October 13th
9. Be Counted: 2020 Census
10. Join a PAT Committee
11. “How to Be and Anti-Racist” Book Group
12. Event: How to Be an Anti-Racist: An Evening of Art + Conversation with Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
13. Event: LERC Workshops
14. You are Invited: Jobs with Justice 2020 Virtual Annual Dinner!
15. September is Latinx Heritage Month

The Advocate, August 27, 2020

1. President's Message: Stronger Than We Started
2. Meet Your Current PAT Leaders
3. Thank You to PAT's Outgoing Leaders
4. Building Access Prior to the Start of the School Year
5. Take Action: No Layoffs at the Library!
6. Families Marching for Black Lives: Sunday August 30th, 12:30PM
7. Join a PAT Committee!

The Advocate, June 9, 2020

1. President’s Message: Finishing the Year Together
2. Charitable Giving to Support PPS Families
3. PAT PAC Update
4. Evaluations Update
5. Staffing Update
6. Work Share Updates
7. Building Access after June 11
8. Register for OEA Summer Conference
9. Contract Exceptions- Deadline is August 5, 2020
10. Building Moves
11. Retiring Educators
12. Planning for a Safe Return to School Next Year
13. Universal Preschool NOW
14. Demand to End Police Brutality: NEA Action
15. Power to the People: PAT Supports Collection Action

The Advocate, May 7, 2020

1. President’s Message: Solidarity in the Time of COVID-19
2. Furlough/Work Share MOA 
3. Ed Foster on Retirement/Investments
4. PAT PAC Endorsements
5. Building Rep Election Process
6. PAT PAC Board Election Results
7. Contract Exceptions
8. SpEd Update
9. Building and Classroom Moves, Article 19
10. California Casualty Promotion for PAT Members